그래도 못 믿겠는데.

우우!

Do you have any proof that this works?

Well, we have the existence proof of other projects that create references collaboratively. Probably the most famous one is Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Many of our policies and guidelines are borrowed from that project.

OK, so, there's all this hippy-dippy love stuff about working together, but who's really in charge?

You are. Any Wikitraveller can change articles, rewrite navigation areas, even overwrite information about the site itself. We try to make decisions about policy and guidelines collaboratively, but if you have a good idea for how we should work, plunge forward and let us know.

That all said, there are certain Wikitravellers who've been working on the site for a while, and they can become Administrators. Administrators generally get some higher access -- like really deleting pages instead of blanking them -- but not much. It's more of a burden than a privilege.

In really extreme situations, the operators of the site, Internet Brands, Inc will set down some rules and precepts. But mostly we just decide for ourselves, and it kind of works out.

사이트는 누구 소유죠? 누가 서버를 제공해 주나요?

The content of the site is owned by Wikitravel contributors, who each own the copyright to their own contributions, and agree to license them according to the Creative Commons by-sa license. If you've found a photo or another work by a single contributor on Wikitravel, and would like to use it under different terms from that license, please contact the creator of that work directly.

The domain names wikitravel.org, wikitravel.net and wikitravel.com, and the equipment the site runs on is owned and operated by Internet Brands, Inc. Wikitravel™ is a trademark of Internet Brands.

Wikitravel does not accept money from any attraction, restaurant, hotel, tour operator or other travel-related company in exchange for favorable coverage. (They're welcome to contribute in other ways, though.)

How do I spell "Wikitravel"?

How do I pronounce "Wikitravel"?

People vary on the "Wiki" part. It's either "WEE-kee-TRAH-vuhl" or "WIH-kee-TRAH-vuhl."

Where's the contact information?

There isn't any. If you have a question about an article in particular, post it on the talk page for that article. If you have a question about Wikitravel in general, try posting in the travellers' pub.

콘텐츠에 관해서

이거 순 다 틀렸잖아요! 좀 고쳐요!

X라는 토픽을 찾고 싶은데, X에 대한 문서가 없어요!

We're still a new project, and there are huge parts of the globe we haven't even thought about writing about yet. Feel free to plunge forward and start the outline of an article. Maybe other Wikitravellers will add to it.

X 문서를 찾긴 했는데, 내용이 달랑 한줄 뿐이에요!

Some topics only have stubs covering them, and there are huge parts of the globe we've only begun to work on. If you don't think there's enough information on a topic, feel free to plunge forward and add more.

X 문서를 찾긴 했는데, “ㅁㄴㅇ라ㅓㅁㅇ리ㅏㅓㄹㅇ 후장이나 빨아라”라고 적혀 있어요!

그건 전형적인 반달 행위입니다. Feel free to plunge forward and delete the vandal's garbage and replace it with a full article, or at least a stub.

Make sure to check the article's history (there will be a "history" link at the top of the page) and look at the second or third revision listed to make sure there wasn't content that was blanked. You can edit, add to, and save that version to preserve the original content.

공유하고 싶은 정보가 있는데, 그걸 어떻게 써먹어야 할지 모르겠어요.

제가 원하는 행선지에 대한 문서는 훌륭하지만, 그래도 의문점이 남아 있어요.

See if your destination has a "docent". That's what we call Wikitravellers who have volunteered to answer questions about their favorite spots. Ask them your questions, but don't abuse their generosity! You can read more about docents.

편집에 관해서

뭐가 이렇게 까다로워요! 페이지를 어떻게 편집하는거죠?

Pages on Wikitravel are formatted using Wiki markup. It looks funny at first, but after a while it seems like second nature. You should read about how to edit a page.

How do I upload an image to use in an article?

올린 파일을 어떻게 문서에 넣죠?

Hey! I wrote this long nice article on Topic X, and it got changed! What gives?

Any Wikitraveller can edit any page. When you submit an article, it's subject to ruthless editing for style, subject matter, spelling, factual information, and just generally fitting into the Wikitravel scheme of things. If you don't like that, you shouldn't work on Wikitravel.

Hey! I changed my nice long article on Topic X back to the way it was before, and it got changed again! What gives?

You're in an edit war. You need to go to the talk page for the topic you're writing about and work out your differences with the other article editors.

문서를 삭제하려는데, 어떻게 해야 하죠?

You can't delete a page directly. The procedure is somewhat more complicated:
Go to Wikitravel:Votes for deletion and add a link to the page together with a reason for deletion. After fourteen days of discussion the page will be deleted unless there is a consensus to keep it.

의견을 쓴 뒤 내가 쓴 의견이라고 표시는 어떻게 하죠?

When posting a message on a talk page it is customary to sign the posting with your user name and the posting date so that everyone knows who you are (for example: "User 15:35, 6 May 2005 (EDT)"). To get that text to appear automatically, simply type four tildes ("~~~~"), and they will be replaced with your user name and the current date when the edit is submitted.

언어에 관해서

Ash blash g'nash foosh manoosh? (<- something that does not make sense)

Huh? (<- what?)

미안하지만, 저는 한국어를 잘 하지 못해요. 내 모국어로도 Wikitravel 문서를 만들 수 있을까요?

Yes, if there is a separate Wikitravel version for your language. See Language versions for the current list.

If Wikitravel in your language does not exist yet, you can start your own language version! To find out more, see our language version policy.

그래도 제 한국어 실력은 형편없어요. 창피하다구요.

Don't worry too much about the level of your Korean. Your spelling errors will be corrected by other people. We really want you to share your knowledge!wts:FAQ